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The Age of Prostheses

January 19, 2016February 7, 2019

Last week I blogged about Candida Moss’ piece on relics and commerce. She’s got another piece out, this one on historical prosthetic limbs. Excavations of an ancient tomb near Turpan, China, have uncovered the 2,200-year-old remains of a man buried with a hoof-tipped prosthetic limb. In a paper recently published in the Journal of Chinese … Continue ReadingThe Age of Prostheses

Disability Journalism: Rose Eveleth on not writing ableist garbage

October 28, 2015February 7, 2019

Rose Eveleth has become one of my favorite writers on technology. Lately, she’s been focusing specifically on prosthetics. It’s an area that technology is rapidly transforming. It’s great to have deeply thoughtful journalists reporting on both the science and the social implications. In this blog post, she reflects on what she’s learned on her beat … Continue ReadingDisability Journalism: Rose Eveleth on not writing ableist garbage